Jan 25, 2020

Ted Michalos returns to discuss loan scams, including advance fee loans, savings loans, and “pay off your consumer proposal” loans.  Listeners may quibble with our characterization of these loans as “scams”, but we explain why we believe they should be avoided, and we give our suggestions on better alternatives...

Jan 18, 2020

Kelley Keehn returns after a three year absence, and on today’s show we discuss some of the many interesting ideas she has in her new book, Talk Money to Me.

We discuss the impact of low interest rates, whether or not she thinks budgets are a good idea, why she thinks the fourth asset class is your career, and what we...

Jan 11, 2020

On today’s show first time guest Alexandra Macqueen, CFP explains what a reverse mortgage is, how they work, and who qualifies.  More importantly, Ms. Macqueen does not sell reverse mortgages; she’s a financial planner and university educator, so she has no vested interest in whether or not you get a reverse...

Jan 4, 2020

On today’s show Scott Terrio explains that, for most of our clients, debt “sneaks up on you”.  You borrow the money and expect to have no trouble paying it off, but then life happens, and the debt problems begin.  We discuss how debt causes problems, and Scott creates a new term: Financially Catatonic.  All...